Marghanita

Last night I watched The Inconvenient Truth and found myself in disbelief that their hasn’t been a major shift in peoples attitude towards Global Warming.

It’s even worse than I had thought with the evidence in the film we are, by all accounts running out of time. That is why I felt compelled to create The little Humbugs. I felt I could use my abilities as a children’s illustrator/designer to create a children’s environmental website encouraging young kids to take an interest in their environment and looking after Mother Nature. www.littlehumbugs.com www.littlehumbugs.tv

The websites are fun and educational, getting across important issues like recycling and other environmental tasks that children can manage themselves. After all our children are the future.
I used a set of engaging characters such as the enchanting Butterfly Girls and their friends the mischievous Dragonfly Boys and not forgetting Little Baby Bee. The Little Humbugs are half human, half bug, they are the link between man and mother nature.
Children love animals and will always want to help protect or look after an animal that needs help. With this in mind I knew the children would listen to the Little Humbug characters when they spoke of how the animals of the forest were needing their help.
The little Humbugs mission is to get as many children involved in making small changes in their everyday lives so that it becomes second nature to switch off the lights, the computers, walk or cycle instead of using the car, turn the tap off when brushing their teeth and recycling more. All these are small achievable tasks which would lead to reducing the effects of global warming.
I have a huge admiration for Al Gore and his mission and hope that people will take on board the truthful message he is telling before it’s too late.
We are all contributors to global warming and we all need to be part of the solution.
My love for nature and the wilderness and my fear that the next generation won’t be able to enjoy and experience wildlife and nature as we know it today pushes me to work harder. My full time work is devoted to developing the Little Humbugs and spreading their mission.
Reading Laurie David’s article on her “light bulb moment” I completely got what she was saying and she has been a huge inspiration for me. Women do look at things differently and my slant is captivating the next generation, hopefully the Little Humbugs will be able to do that.

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